1960 Ukrainian Class B


The 1960 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 30th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the eleventh in the Soviet Class B.
The 1960 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.

Format

In 1960 Class B football competitions were reorganized. Ukrainian teams of the 1959 Soviet Class B were filtered into a separate republican Class B football competitions that were administered by the Ukrainian sports organization. The new competition obtained already existing member-clubs of the Class B that are based in Ukraine and almost the same number of clubs were added from regular republican competitions as part of expansion.
List of grandfathered clubs included 25 teams of masters, FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, FC Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk, FC Metalurh Zaporizhia, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk, FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy, FC Arsenal Kyiv, FC Zirka Kirovohrad, FC Polissya Zhytomyr, FC Avanhard Kryvyi Rih, FC Kolhospnyk Poltava, FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia, SKA Odessa, FC Chornomorets Odesa, SKA Lviv, FC Spartak Uzhhorod, FC Kolhospnyk Rivno, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Avanhard Simferopol, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Avanhard Ternopil, FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk, FC Lokomotyv Stalino, FC Shakhtar Kadiivka, and FC Shakhtar Horlivka. Some teams of masters had own amateur squad with the same names competing at republican competitions among which were SKA Odessa, Avanhard Mykolaiv and others.
They were joined by 11 more teams that obtained the teams of masters status, among which were newly created clubs FC Desna Chernihiv, FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi, and FC Volyn Lutsk as well as already existing clubs FC Avanhard Chernivtsi, FC Avanhard Zhdanov, FC Naftovyk Drohobych, FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody, FC Khimik Severodonetsk, FC Avanhard Sumy, FC Avanhard Kramatorsk, and FC Torpedo Kharkiv.

Zone 1

Relegated teams

Promoted teams

FC Avanhard Chernihiv – 'FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi – 'FC Volyn Lutsk – 'FC Avanhard Chernivtsi – 'FC Naftovyk Drohobych – ''''

Relocated and renamed teams

FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv was last year known as FC Avanhard MykolaivFC Polissya Zhytomyr was last year known as FC Avanhard ZhytomyrSKA Lviv was last year known as SKVO Lviv

Zone 2

Relegated teams

  • none

Promoted teams

FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody – 'FC Khimik Severodonetsk – 'FC Avanhard Sumy – 'FC Avanhard Kramatorsk – 'FC Torpedo Kharkiv – 'FC Avanhard Zhdanov''' – ''''

Relocated and renamed teams

FC Avanhard Kryvyi Rih was last year known as Kryvyi Rih teamSKA Odessa was last year known as SKVO Odessa

Play-offs

Championship

Promotion

FC Shakhtar Donetsk – FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 2–0 0–1

Relegation

FC Volyn Lutsk – FC Shakhtar Novovolynsk 3–0 0–1FC Avanhard Kryvyi Rih – FC Metalurh Nikopol 3–0 5–3FC Polissya Zhytomyr – FC Shakhtar Korostyshev 1–3 5–0FC Spartak Uzhhorod – FC Avanhard Khust 4–1 1–1FC Zirka Kirovohrad – FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 2–1 1–1FC Avanhard Simferopol – FC Metalurh Kerch 2–0 3–0FC Chornomorets Odesa – FC Dunayets Izmail 1–0 5–1FC Kolhospnyk Poltava – FC Lokomotyv Poltava 5–3 1–3 2–1FC Kolhospnyk Rivno – FC Spartak Rivno 1–0 3–1FC Shakhtar Horlivka – FC Shvernik Mine Stalino 4–1 1–0FC Avanhard Sumy – FC Avanhard Konotop 7–0 3–0FC Avanhard Ternopil – FC Motor Ternopil 1–1 5–1FC Torpedo Kharkiv – FC Start Chuhuyiv 2–0 2–2FC Spartak Kherson – FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1–0 1–0FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi – FC Avanhard Kamianets–Podilskyi 3–0 2–4FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy – FC Spartak Uman 3–0 1–0FC Avanhard Chernivtsi – FC Spartak Chernivtsi 3–0 5–0FC Avanhard Chernihiv – FC Avanhard Pryluky 2–1 1–1FC Arsenal Kyiv – FC Oktyabrskyi Raion Kyiv 0–0 2–0FC Spartak Stanislav – FC Khimik Kalush 1–0 2–1FC Shakhtar Kadiivka – FC October Revolution Factory Luhansk 6–1 3–1FC Naftovyk Drohobych – FC Avanhard Vynnyky 2–0 3–0
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